US3811737A - Reinforced resin wheel - Google Patents

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US3811737A
US3811737A US00292602A US29260272A US3811737A US 3811737 A US3811737 A US 3811737A US 00292602 A US00292602 A US 00292602A US 29260272 A US29260272 A US 29260272A US 3811737 A US3811737 A US 3811737A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B3/00—Disc wheels, i.e. wheels with load-supporting disc body
    • B60B3/14—Attaching disc body to hub ; Wheel adapters
    • B60B3/16—Attaching disc body to hub ; Wheel adapters by bolts or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60B—VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
    • B60B5/00—Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic material
    • B60B5/02—Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic material made of synthetic material

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  • An object of the invention is to provide a wheel of reinforced resin that can be readilycentered and securely locked on the hub and that reliably and safely transmits the driving and braking torques between the tire and the hub.
  • a reinforced resin wheel comprising a wheel disc having a plurality of hub-fastening holes extending between the outer face of the disc and the inner face, the latter being intended to rest against the hub.
  • the wheel is characterized in that the fastening holes have their periphery reinforced by rigid plate means such. as small plates of rigid material embedded in the thickness of the disc and flush with or protruding from the outer face of the disc. That is, the plates extend out at least as far adjacent to the holes as the immediately surrounding portions of the outer face of the disc.
  • the thickness of the small plates is substantially less than the thickness of the wheel disc so that the hub makes direct contact with the resin
  • each plate seen in plan view, is a multiple of the cross-sectional area of the associated hole
  • each plate seenin plan view, is generally trapezoidal or otherwise such as to facilitate its embedment in the reinforced resin by penetration into radially and/or circumferentially extending 'rib portions of the disc;
  • each plate as seen in radial section, is curved to permit partial overlapping of the plate by the outer face of the disc;
  • the plates furthermore have a hole or bore aligned with the associated fastening hole to permit the passage of the shank of a bolt or stud, and a bevel to assist in the centering of the wheel by the action of the bolts or nuts;
  • the resinous disc is formed with a continuous circumferential rib connecting the various regions of attachment of the wheel to the hub.
  • the wheel in accordance with the invention has the following advantages, among others:
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a wheel 1 of reinforced resin comprising a rim 2 of conventional shape and a disc 3 forming an extension of the rim 2 in the direction towards the axis 4, and having an outer face 5 and an inner face 6.
  • the disc 3 has spoke-like portions 10 formed of two segments 11 and 12 of different inclinations to the axis 4 and connected to a generally cylindrical sleeve 13. Between two adjacent spoke-like portions 10 the disc has a well 15, which is divided into three zones: an attachment zone 16 where the disc is attached to the hub andforrning the portion nearest the axis; a ventilating zone 17 having an opening 18 defined by protruding walls 19 and adapted to cool the wheel in operation, and a connecting zone 20 where the disc is attached to the rim and arranged around the ventilating zone 17.
  • the attachment zone 16 has a small plate 25 of steel which has in plan view (FIG. 2) the shape of a trapezoid with rounded corners and in cross section (FIG. 1) a plano-convex shape, also with rounded corners.
  • the plate 25 is provided with a bore hole 26 which extends into the resin wall and is provided with a bevel 27. It is arranged in the attachment zone 16 so that it is flush with the outer face 5 of the disc 3 and spaced from'the inner face 6. Its lateral walls 21 are co'nvexly curved or otherwise protruding so that they are engaged in re-entrant concavities 22, 22, which constitute, respectively, radially and circumferentially extending rib portions of the disc. This ensures a firm fixing in position.
  • the different attachment zones are connected together by the sleeve 13 which forms a continuous circumferential rib.
  • the fastening system thus described resists fatigue well and provides both a firm and reliable attachment.
  • the plate means may comprise one plate for several holes and even a Single part of annular shape for the entire disc, so long as the reinforcement element or elements are embedded in the reinforced resin in such a manner that they are flush with the outer face of the disc or protrude being formed with a plurality of fastening holes extending from the outer face to the inner face and facilitating attachment of the wheel to the hub, further comprising a corresponding plurality of plate means of a material more rigid than said reinforced resin embedded in the disc, each of said plate means being formed with a bore, said bores being respectively aligned with the fastening holes, and the plate means having an outer face that extends out at least as far adjacent to the holes as the immediately surrounding portions of the outer face of the disc.
  • each plate means is less than that of the disc.
  • each plate means is shaped in plan view so that it is engaged in rib portions of the disc extending radially or circumferentially.
  • each plate means is trapezoidal.
  • each plate means is curved in cross section to permit a partial covering of it on its outer face by the material of the disc.

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US4072358A (en) * 1976-04-28 1978-02-07 The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Compression molded cut-fiber reinforced plastic wheels
US4111618A (en) * 1976-04-23 1978-09-05 Olida Thibault Hydraulic wheel ii
US4146274A (en) * 1974-03-25 1979-03-27 Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin Circumferentially reinforced wheel rims of moldable material
EP0065086A1 (de) * 1981-05-15 1982-11-24 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Drehbarer Körper
US4532097A (en) * 1981-12-28 1985-07-30 Ford Motor Company Method of forming fiber reinforced synthetic material wheel
US4702527A (en) * 1984-03-21 1987-10-27 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Built-up wheel for vehicles
US4898429A (en) * 1988-07-25 1990-02-06 Plumer Mark J Wheel nut assembly
US4900097A (en) * 1987-03-10 1990-02-13 Technologitchen Center "Ipoma" Car wheel made of polymer material
US4963083A (en) * 1988-12-16 1990-10-16 Motor Wheel Corporation Composite metal-elastomer styled wheels and method and apparatus for molding the same
US5056870A (en) * 1988-07-25 1991-10-15 Plumer Mark J Wheel nut assembly
US5918947A (en) * 1996-11-06 1999-07-06 Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag Wheel for a motor vehicle and method of making same
US6416135B1 (en) * 2000-06-30 2002-07-09 Accuride Corporation Means and method for attaching FRP wheels
US6726292B1 (en) 2000-07-27 2004-04-27 Daimlerchrysler Corporation Full off-set two-piece fiber reinforced composite wheel using spoke or web area box sections
US20040255462A1 (en) * 2002-08-21 2004-12-23 Schroeder Del C. Composite wheel and method for manufacturing the same
US20050269866A1 (en) * 2004-06-03 2005-12-08 Mcgoon Doug Iv Multi-piece wheel assembly with transparent components
US20060244304A1 (en) * 2005-04-29 2006-11-02 Amerityre Method and apparatus for vacuum forming a wheel from a urethane material
WO2011000070A1 (en) 2009-07-02 2011-01-06 Plascar Indústria De Componentes Plásticos Ltda Wheel of polymeric material
US20120212037A1 (en) * 2011-02-17 2012-08-23 Basf Se Vehicle wheel
CN102886498A (zh) * 2012-10-18 2013-01-23 蚌埠市福沃特车轮制造科技有限公司 一种轮毂成型模具
WO2013083729A2 (en) 2011-12-06 2013-06-13 Mubea Carbo Tech Gmbh Wheel made out of fiber reinforced material and procedure to make an according wheel
US8840194B1 (en) * 2011-08-31 2014-09-23 Nicola Fiornascente Vehicle wheel with integral inserts
US10279622B2 (en) * 2008-12-04 2019-05-07 Tomer Hendel Composite wheel with reinforced core
US10486460B2 (en) 2014-05-16 2019-11-26 Basf Se Thermoplastic wheel hub
US10836122B2 (en) 2015-02-11 2020-11-17 Mumbea Carbo Tech Gmbh Method to produce a fiber reinforced annular body
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US5277479A (en) * 1991-02-04 1994-01-11 Bridgestone Corporation One piece type resin wheel
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US2439881A (en) * 1944-06-08 1948-04-20 Charles S Ash Wheel
US3158404A (en) * 1963-03-26 1964-11-24 Gordon E Noakes Molded plastic wheel
US3369843A (en) * 1965-07-16 1968-02-20 Philip E. Prew Laminated wheel and method of manufacture
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US2008933A (en) * 1931-12-14 1935-07-23 Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co Wheel
US2439881A (en) * 1944-06-08 1948-04-20 Charles S Ash Wheel
US3158404A (en) * 1963-03-26 1964-11-24 Gordon E Noakes Molded plastic wheel
US3369843A (en) * 1965-07-16 1968-02-20 Philip E. Prew Laminated wheel and method of manufacture
DE1939910A1 (de) * 1969-08-01 1971-02-25 Kronprinz Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung von Fahrzeugraedern aus Kunststoff

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US4146274A (en) * 1974-03-25 1979-03-27 Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin Circumferentially reinforced wheel rims of moldable material
US4035028A (en) * 1975-07-14 1977-07-12 Wilcox Raymond J Wheel assemblies and components
US4111618A (en) * 1976-04-23 1978-09-05 Olida Thibault Hydraulic wheel ii
US4072358A (en) * 1976-04-28 1978-02-07 The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Compression molded cut-fiber reinforced plastic wheels
EP0065086A1 (de) * 1981-05-15 1982-11-24 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Drehbarer Körper
US4532097A (en) * 1981-12-28 1985-07-30 Ford Motor Company Method of forming fiber reinforced synthetic material wheel
US4702527A (en) * 1984-03-21 1987-10-27 Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Built-up wheel for vehicles
US4900097A (en) * 1987-03-10 1990-02-13 Technologitchen Center "Ipoma" Car wheel made of polymer material
US4898429A (en) * 1988-07-25 1990-02-06 Plumer Mark J Wheel nut assembly
US5056870A (en) * 1988-07-25 1991-10-15 Plumer Mark J Wheel nut assembly
US4963083A (en) * 1988-12-16 1990-10-16 Motor Wheel Corporation Composite metal-elastomer styled wheels and method and apparatus for molding the same
US5918947A (en) * 1996-11-06 1999-07-06 Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag Wheel for a motor vehicle and method of making same
US6416135B1 (en) * 2000-06-30 2002-07-09 Accuride Corporation Means and method for attaching FRP wheels
US6726292B1 (en) 2000-07-27 2004-04-27 Daimlerchrysler Corporation Full off-set two-piece fiber reinforced composite wheel using spoke or web area box sections
US7040714B2 (en) 2002-08-21 2006-05-09 Daimlerchrysler Corporation Composite wheel and method for manufacturing the same
US20040255462A1 (en) * 2002-08-21 2004-12-23 Schroeder Del C. Composite wheel and method for manufacturing the same
US7615171B2 (en) 2002-08-21 2009-11-10 Chrysler Group Llc Composite wheel and method for manufacturing the same
US20050269866A1 (en) * 2004-06-03 2005-12-08 Mcgoon Doug Iv Multi-piece wheel assembly with transparent components
US20060244304A1 (en) * 2005-04-29 2006-11-02 Amerityre Method and apparatus for vacuum forming a wheel from a urethane material
US7377596B2 (en) * 2005-04-29 2008-05-27 Amerityre Urethane wheel having a metal core
US10279622B2 (en) * 2008-12-04 2019-05-07 Tomer Hendel Composite wheel with reinforced core
WO2011000070A1 (en) 2009-07-02 2011-01-06 Plascar Indústria De Componentes Plásticos Ltda Wheel of polymeric material
US20120212037A1 (en) * 2011-02-17 2012-08-23 Basf Se Vehicle wheel
US9499008B2 (en) * 2011-02-17 2016-11-22 Basf Se Vehicle wheel
US8840194B1 (en) * 2011-08-31 2014-09-23 Nicola Fiornascente Vehicle wheel with integral inserts
WO2013083729A2 (en) 2011-12-06 2013-06-13 Mubea Carbo Tech Gmbh Wheel made out of fiber reinforced material and procedure to make an according wheel
US9724961B2 (en) 2011-12-06 2017-08-08 Mubea Carbo Tech Gmbh Wheel made out of fiber reinforced material and procedure to make an according wheel
CN102886498A (zh) * 2012-10-18 2013-01-23 蚌埠市福沃特车轮制造科技有限公司 一种轮毂成型模具
US10486460B2 (en) 2014-05-16 2019-11-26 Basf Se Thermoplastic wheel hub
US10836122B2 (en) 2015-02-11 2020-11-17 Mumbea Carbo Tech Gmbh Method to produce a fiber reinforced annular body
US20200391542A1 (en) * 2017-08-18 2020-12-17 Carbon Revolution Limited Composite wheel with improved mounting formation
US11827055B2 (en) * 2017-08-18 2023-11-28 Carbon Revolution Limited Composite wheel with improved mounting formation

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FR2157681A1 (xx) 1973-06-08
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